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Aviation accidents in 2008
Below list gives an overview of accidents resulting in total airframe loss or heavy damage to the aircraft

Date	Aircraft Type	Registration	Airline	Location	Fatalities
2 Jan	Fokker 100	EP-IDB	Iran Air	Tehran, Iran
4 Jan	Let L-410	YV2081	Transaven	In sea off Venezuela	14
14 Jan	Beech 1900C	N410UB	Alpine Air Express	In sea off Kauai, Hawaii	1
17 Jan	Boeing 777-200	G-YMMM	British Airways	London Heathrow, UK
26 Jan	CASA CN-212	PK-VSE	Dirgantara Air Services	Long Ampung, Indonesia	3
1 Feb	Boeing 727-200	CP-2429	Lloyd Aereo Boliviano	Trinidad, Bolivia
14 Feb	Canadair CRJ-100	EW-101PJ	Belavia	Yerevan, Armenia
19 Feb	ATR 72	XY-AIE	Air Bagan	Putao, Myanmar
21 Feb	ATR 42-300	YV-1449	Santa Barbara Airlines	Merida, Venezuela	47
6 Mar	C-160 Transall	PK-VTQ	Manunggal Air	Wamena, Indonesia
15 Mar	Beech 1900D	5N-JAH	Wings Aviation	Obanliku, Nigeria	3
25 Mar	Boeing 747-400	TF-ARS	Air Atlanta Icelandic	Dhaka, Bangladesh
3 Apr	Antonov An-28	PZ-TSO	Blue Wing Airlines	Lawa Antino, Surinam	19
9 Apr	Swearingen Metro III	VH-OZA	Avtex Air Services	In sea off Sydney, Australia	1
11 Apr	Antonov An-32B	ST-AZL	Kata Air Transport	Chisinau, Moldova	8
15 Apr	Douglas DC-9-50	9Q-CHN	Hewa Bora Airlines	Goma, DR Congo	3
21 Apr	Embraer Bandeirante	PT-OCV	Rico Linhas Aereas	Coari, Brazil
2 May	Beech 1900C	5Y-FLX	Southern Sudan Air	Rumbek, Sudan	21
23 May	Beech 1900C	N195GA	Alpine Air Express	Billings, MO, USA	1
25 May	Boeing 747-200F	N704CK	Kalitta Air	Brussels, Belgium
26 May	Antonov An-12	RA-12957	Moscovia Airlines	Chelyabinsk, Russia	9
30 May	Airbus A320	EI-TAF	TACA	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	3
7 Jun	Cessna Caravan	CC-CTR	Patagonia Airlines	La Junta, Chile	1
10 Jun	Airbus A310-300	ST-ATN	Sudan Airways	Khartoum, Sudan	30
15 Jun	Harbin Y-12	B-38741	China Flying Dragon	Chifeng, China	3
18 Jun	DHC-6 Twin Otter	N656WA	Wiggins Airways	Hyannis, MA, USA	1
27 Jun	Antonov An-12	ST-ARN	Juba Air Cargo	Malakal, Sudan	7
30 Jun	Ilyushin Il-76	ST-WTB	Ababeel Aviation	Khartoum, Sudan	4
2 Jul	Ilyushin Il-76	EK-76400	Click Airways	Zahedan, Iran
6 Jul	Douglas DC-9-10	N199US	USA Jet Airlines	Saltillo, Mexico	1
7 Jul	Boeing 747-200F	N714CK	Kalitta Air	Bogota, Colombia	2
10 Jul	Beechcraft 99	CC-CFM	Aerocord	Puerto Montt, Chile	9
25 Jul	Boeing 747-400	VH-OJK	Qantas	Over the Philippines
13 Aug	Fokker F-27-500	5Y-BVF	Fly540	Mogadishu, Somalia	3
20 Aug	McDonnell Douglas MD-82	EC-HFP	Spanair	Madrid Barajas, Spain	160
24 Aug	Boeing 737-200	EX-009	Itek Air	Bishkek, Kyrgystan	65
24 Aug	Cessna Caravan	TG-JCS	Aereo Ruta Mya	Guatemala	11
27 Aug	Boeing 737-200	OK-CJG	Sriwijaya Air	Jambi, Indonesia
30 Aug	Boeing 737-200	YV102T	Conviasa	Mt Eliniza, Ecuador	3
1 Sep	Beech 1900	ZS-OLD	Air Serv	Mt Kahuzi, DR Congo	17
1 Sep	Convair CV-580	N587X	Air Tahoma	Columbus, OH, USA	3
7 Sep	Cessna Caravan	V3-HFQ	Tropic Air	In sea off Belize
14 Sep	Boeing 737-500	VP-BKO	Aeroflot-Nord	Perm	88
22 Sep	Fokker F-28-4000	HC-CDT	Icaro	Quito, Ecuador
8 Oct	DHC-6 Twin Otter	9N-AFE	Yeti Airlines	Lukla, Nepal	18
1 Nov	CASA Aviocar	N437RA	Arctic Transportation	Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA
6 Nov	Dornier Do-328	PK-TXL	Expressair	Fak Fak, Indonesia
10 Nov	Boeing 737-800	EI-DYG	Ryanair	Rome Ciampino, Italy
13 Nov	Antonov An-12		Falcon Aviation	Al Asad , Iraq	7
27 Nov	Airbus A320	D-AXLA	XL Airways / Air NZ	In sea off Perpignan, France	7
15 Dec	BN-2A Trislander	N650LP	LAP	Turks and Caicos Islands	12
19 Dec	BN-2A Islander		Air Vanuatu	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
20 Dec	Boeing 737-500	N18611	Continental Airlines	Denver, CO, USA

 

Aviation accidents in 2007
Below list gives an overview of accidents resulting in total airframe loss or heavy damage to the aircraft

Note: SAS Scandinavian Airlines suffered gear failures upon landing with three of its Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s (9 September in Aalborg, Denmark; 12 September in Vilnius, Lithuania; 27 October in Copenhagen, Denmark). The carrier grounded its entire fleet and concluded that corrosion problems caused the gear failures.

Source: flightglobal.com / ACAS

Aviation accidents in 2005 - airframe total losses

Source: Airclaims Special Bulletin 361, 2005

Comprehensive site on aviation accidents: www.airdisaster.com